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How to Start a Cleaning Business

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Because you’ll be entering an already-saturated market, you will need to figure out a way to differentiate your service offerings. Typically, domestic cleaning business operations need very little upfront investment and as such, can bootstrap their business idea, or get started as a part-time operation. Don’t skip your market research.

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Random: Yo, Slingshot, Product Hunt, Yelp Competition, Taptalk

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Last two years was “fast graph” -> app bootstrapping via “connect your FB account and autofollow all friends.” Because mobile apps are tending towards single-purpose push buttons, having a graph which is unique and optimized for your product helps increase differentiation and increase habit IMO.

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How to Start a Business in a Month – #30DayChallenge

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According to the SBA, 52% of all small businesses are home-based and of the 28 million small businesses in the US, 22 million of those are operated by people who consider themselves self-employed (they have no employees and no additional payroll). You could also use personal earnings and do a bit of bootstrapping as well.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Whether you’re looking to stand out in an already-crowded marketplace, or to simply be a memorable company, figuring out how to brand and differentiate yourself is key. However, we have been able to differentiate [ourselves] and also excel by making enterprise software fun and enjoyable.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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What taglines are you using to differentiate yourself from other people, other businesses that might be similar. I strongly endorse bootstrapping, and I will tell you I speak from experience. We had three mortgages and $65,000 in credit card debt at one point doing this bootstrapping. What is your key focus? That’s one.

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